Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
AVOWRY
Noun
avowry (countable and uncountable, plural avowries)
The action of an advowee, advocate or patron
advocacy, patronage, protection
avowal
(legal) The act of avowing and justifying in one's own right the distraining of goods.
Source: Wiktionary
A*vow"ry, n. Etym: [OE. avouerie protection, authority, OF. avouerie. See Avow to declare.]
1. An advocate; a patron; a patron saint. [Obs.] Let God alone be our avowry. Latimer.
2. The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right. Blackstone.
Note: When an action of replevin is brought, the distrainer either makes avowry, that is, avours taking the distress in his own right, or the right of his wife, and states the reason if it, as for arrears of rent, damage done, or the like; or makes cognizance, that is, acknowledges the taking, but justifies in an another's right, as his bailiff or servant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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